Challenges and insights of transferring animal maze studies principles to human spatial learning research.

ABSTRACT: Maze tasks, originally developed in animal research, have become a popular method for studying human cognition, particularly with the advent of virtual reality. However, these experiments frequently rely on simplified environments and tasks, which may not accurately reflect the complexity of real-world situations. Our pilot study aims to transfer a multi-alternative maze with a complex task structure, previously demonstrated to be useful in studying animal cognition, to studying human spatial cognition. The challenges to be resolved at this stage included developing a virtual maze and selecting an appropriate instruction that will elicit processes similar to those observed in animal models. A virtual maze was developed, and two types of instructions were provided to the participants: (1) t

SUBMITTER: Manukyan P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11736021 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature